Tag: miscellany

I just wanted to post a quick note to offer kudos to John Parinello Jr., an SBHS graduate from Dayton, is looking to help children in Afghanistan by sending them sports equipment — a worthy cause, for sure.

Look, I was never a Boy Scout and I sometimes find the Boy Scouts to be — well, just leave it at that.

But I was taken by Parinello’s mission — and by the way it differs from some of the less necessary projects I’ve seen in other communities.

Parinello’s efforts could have a real — if small — impact, contributing to the breaking down of cultural barriers and making the lives of children just a little bit better.

”It’s important to send goods to children in Kabul because, I hope, it will tighten the bonds between the U.S. and Afghanistan,” Mr. Parinello said.

Mr. Parinello decided on his project after an assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 10, who is also a commander in the Navy and is stationed in Kabul, told him of the need for sporting equipment for schoolchildren in the region. Mr. Parinello said he hopes the children will reap the benefits of having an escape from the world that surrounds them.

”I hope that this project will promote good team leadership skills while keeping children off the streets in a war-stricken area,” he said.

So, as I said, kudos.

A Sonic Drive-In is under construction on Route 27, near Vliet Avenue in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop. This is what can be called big news for the fast-food set.

I have to admit, however, that I don’t get it. I’ve eaten twice at Sonic — once in Iowa about 10 years ago when we went out to visit my sister and once in May in Maryland (Fruitland — gotta love that name) on the way back from the Outerbanks. It was good, but not good enough to inspire the kind of mania you hear about; it was, after all, still fast food.

But it’s still going to be a welcome addition to the area. There are only so many pizza places one area can support.

This is always the saddest day of the year, when the cover goes on the pool and summer officially comes to a close in the Kalet house.

My brother came by this morning with his two nephews and we held the annual rites — pulling the cover on and tying it down.

What can I say except that, with today’s 80-degree temperature, it seems so incongruous.

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